Tom Jones scores record-breaking Number 1 album with Surrounded By Time: “I am forever grateful”

Tom Jones has just hit another huge milestone in his career at age 80.

Sir Tom Jones had a son, Mark, with his longstanding wife, Linda, when they were just teenagers. Many years later he fathered a son, Jonathan Berkery, during one of his affairs.

Tom Jones is crowned on the U.K. albums chart this week with Surrounded By Time, and he sets a chart record in the process.

Tom Jones has become the oldest male artist to top the UK album chart, with his latest record Surrounded By Time. The 80-year-old Welsh Crooner beat the record previously held by Bob Dylan, who reached No 1 in 2020 with Rough and Rowdy Ways, at the age of 79.

Tom Jones has just hit another huge milestone in his career at age 80. 

Sir Tom Jones never realised the extent of his late wife's homesickness. The 80-year-old pop star and his wife Linda relocated to the US at the height of his career, and Tom only became aware of how much Linda - who died of cancer in 2016 - wanted to return to Britain after she passed away.

Sir Tom Jones is on course for his first UK Number 1 album in two decades with Surrounded By Time.

The Voice UK coach was advised to aid his recovery by resting but the showman was desperate to get back on stage. The revelation emerged during a conversation with Jen Long on her podcast, Talk The Line.